On April 1, staff members were in a meeting when they returned to find a donation box on the counter had been broken into. Video from inside the Humane Society building showed two women entering the business around 8 a.m. to surrender kittens. Police said the pair stole money from the donation box before leaving in a gray Chevy Impala. Employees estimated the women took more than $50.

Investigators received a number of tips about the suspects. On Thursday, April 2, deputies spotted the gray Impala leaving the Riverwood subdivision north of Noblesville around 9:30 p.m. Investigators identified the women as Griffith and Iliff, and took them into custody after a traffic stop.